Note from Jen: In this article I discuss ways to use Pinterest as a direct seller. If you don’t know what Pinterest is, you may want to do a little pre-reading. Start here. Pinterest is making big waves in the social media world. A quiet little startup that is suddenly one of the top 10 [...]
Business and Technology Excellence with Jennifer Fong
Tag Archive: distributor training
Worth It
I’m in Nevada this week for the DSA’s Be Connected conference. I got in a day early because of client meetings, and so had a quiet morning to myself (a rare treat.) After spending some time catching up on work, I wandered down to the hotel restaurant for some breakfast. I don’t normally go to [...]
When Was the Last Time You Evaluated Your New Consultant Program?
Recently I’ve been evaluating the new consultant training program for a client company. They put me into the system as a new consultant (so I’d receive all the communication they send out), sent me a kit, and I scheduled my launch party. Since I was evaluating the effectiveness of company-provided materials and support, I did [...]
Go Big or Go Home
Nothing drives me crazier than consultants in direct selling companies who whine. “I want to build a business but no one will book a party.” or “In this economy no one is buying anything.” or “No one wants to join my team.” All the while they’re spending more time playing Angry Birds than working their [...]
But I Want it Now! (and Other Bad Behavior)
As I’ve mentioned before, my company provides community management services for direct selling companies. What this means is that we manage the day to day of a company’s social media presence, from writing and posting content to responding to comments on Facebook, Twitter, etc. (to monitoring and reporting as well.) And it gives me a [...]
Coming to a Community College Near You: Direct Selling Entrepreneur Certificate Program
Are you a direct seller in the US that’s ready to take your business to the next level? Then you need to know about this amazing new program that the Direct Selling Education Foundation is launching in cooperation with the National Association of Community College Entrepreneurship (NACCE). You will soon be able to earn a Direct [...]
Soliciting Your Team for Another Business is Unethical
Recently a direct seller mentioned to me that she’d been approached by someone in her downline about joining that person’s “secondary” business. In other words, the direct seller in question was working two businesses, and was soliciting people in one business to join the other. The leader who had been approached was annoyed. She was [...]
A Tale of Two Online Orders
Every Friday I invite the members of my Facebook Page community to share their favorite product and a link in the comments of a specific post. It’s a way for folks to promote their businesses to one another. And when I have a need for a product, I often turn to that list first, and [...]
